Information and FAQ’s

What is Horyzon Design?
Horyzon design is a new art team on Kongregate that features lots of great members, and some cool ways to have fun. You can do almost anything art related here, but remember to follow the guidelines. One thing we have that those others don’t is an idea (Invented by the people) of Tasks. Tasks are ways to earn Horyzon Points which can be used for many things.

What can I do with Horyzon Points?
Horyzon Points serve as many things to keep our community in and entertained. For one, they act as a sort of ranking system to show that whoever has more Horyzon Points, has obviously done more tasks and therefore earns bragging rights. It also acts as a currency to buy and sell things in the Marketplace.

What is the Marketplace?
The Marketplace is a place where users can sell tutorials, services, and even signatures. If you would like to sell something just say so in a post with what you are selling, how many Horyzon Points your’e selling it for, and what rights will the buyer be getting.

What are the different types of Rights?
Rights are what a seller is giving you to do with the product. Full Rights (FR) is when the buyer gets the right to the.xcf/.psd of the art and also can do anything with it. They now technically own the art and can even sell it again. Posting Rights (PR) is the right to post a tutorial or piece of art in a different place. Wearing Rights (WR) is the right to “wear” the tag in your signature on a different site or (Maybe soon) here. You can not do anything other than show off with it and look cool. Lastly is Learning Rights (LR) which is when the buyer can simply see the tutorial/.xcf/.psd. They can do nothing else with it.

The Horyzon Ranking Method

So to jump start this thread I thought I’d sell out my long kept signature ranking system and hell ya, give it a name.

This system is not mandatory at all, but it is very useful to find out what people think about your signatures. It will also be used as the judging criteria for contests.

Okay, to start out look at the signature and say, “Is it appealing?” Rank it 1-5, no decimals, then multiply it by 10. Now start to get picky, judge each essential of a tag 1-10. Composition and Effects, Color, Lighting, Depth, and Flow. Add up all the essential points , then add together with the appeal. Below is a much in depth description of the essentials.

Composition and Effects – Composition is how well the signature was put together. Are there ugly looking blabs that could easily be removed, does the render fit with the background, (not naruto on a football field {I’ve seen it}) is the render taking up too much or too little space. I like to make my renders cover 20-40% of the space in the signature.

Color – Color is well… you know, color. Try to pick colors that complement each other, but don’t have too much of one color. For black and white tags judge on whether it should be black and white. Black and white tags can be signs of laziness to work on your colors. A great tool to help you with your colors is the Kulur. This is definitely the most helpful site for getting help with colors.

Depth – Depth is how the tag looks and gives a 3d feel. An essential to great depth is having both a background and a foreground, I see a lot of foreground-less tags around here. You want to try to use c4d’s or vectors to cover up part of the focal but keep some of it open to view.

Lighting – Lighting go’s with depth in the fact that they both are trying to make the image look real. A viewer should be able to tell where lighting is coming from and view some sort of source.

Flow – Flow is what makes the tag appear to move or have the concept of movement. It is often made from c4d’s and vectors but can also come with the composition. Should flow in either one direction or away from the render.

To help you better understand the system , I will be judging a tag I’ve found.

For the overall appeal I’m going to give it a 4/5. +40. It looks really cool and is attractive to the eye but it could have been a little bit cleaner and it isn’t the greatest thing out there.

Composition and Effects – 8/10 – The piece goes well with the effects and there is very good render placement. The effects are a little bit messy and repetitive though.

Color – 8/10 – The greens, the yellows, and the browns give it a rusty feel that really attracts the eye. A little bit bright and a little bit too monotone.

Depth – 10/10 – The “fire” totally surrounds him and the viewer can see the render is diving backwards. If you look hard enough, you can picture him kneeling on a cliff and shooting off of it too.

Lighting – 9/10 – You did a good job of making it look shiny and it was hard because there was light all around him. A little bit too much darkness on the render though, could have been dodged.

Flow – 10/10 – The only thing I would have changed is to rotate the render the slightest bit to make his head go straight with the flow. Other than it’s perfect and easy to tell that the chief is moving backwards.

Rules and Guidelines

Be kind and treat others how you would like to be treated. I give myself full rights to take away Horyzon Points for mean behavior.Do not get too off topic. This thread is about art, not the sun. Do not spam the thread with art or any kind of spam. You will be kicked out of the thread after your second offense.Do not promote illegal activity such as Photoshop keygen’s.Do not complain about the contest winners after they have been announced. If you would like to suggest a change in criteria before the contest ends you may.Kongregate Behavior Guidelines apply as well.

Marketplace

Links and Resources

Other Graphic TeamsDRAGON Art – Tons of great members and very active.Tainted Design – The organized art team.Reaper Graphix – Closed for the spring, opening sometime soon. First Graphics Team on Kongregate.Art $tore – Spend your fake money on real art. EMPLOYEESWANTED.

Great Graphic Sites

Planet Renders – Biggest render site on the web including a great community.Deviant Art – Biggest art community on the web. Filled with resources and other great artists.National Sig League An official league of sig makers for experienced artists. Extremely high expectations.

Username: Kapricon
How Active Are You?: Very, but some days I can’t go on because I have too much homework, but thats not very often
What Type of Art are you Best At?: Backgrounds and Banners
One Example of Your Art: One of my Sigs
How you Think you can Help the Community: By giving constructive Criticism to peoples art, which I am getting better at doing and also I am quite an encouraging person :D

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